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    By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday he would prefer seeing a fully-reestablished Negros Island Region (NIR) compared to the sub-region proposal by Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Benitez. According to Lacson, he is okay with Benitez’s two proposals, but the governor would very much prefer restoring NIR …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Confederation of Sugar Producers Association (CONFED) said yesterday they have sent another letter to the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) calling for open, transparent and fair sugar importation. Earlier, CONFED and several other groups from the sugar industry proposed the importation of only 350,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar, …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) said yesterday that it will conduct an investigation as to why the New People’s Army (NPA) has a shirt from the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) of a municipality in the province. The shirt was from Binalbagan DRRMO, recovered by …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz expressed frustration and disappointment over the incident involving former Isabela municipal treasurer Neneth Escarda after allegedly losing almost P7 million in funds owned by the municipal government to robbers. Diaz said he is surprised as to why the incident happened to Escarda, especially …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Another Negros Occidental lawmaker said the reestablishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR) would come first before any talks could be made about the proposed third province in Negros, as opposed to Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo’s counter-proposal. According to 5th district congressman Emilio Yulo III, who had just …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) have yet to identify the remains of the three New People’s Army (NPA) members they neutralized following a weekend gun battle at Barangay Oringao in Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City. Lt. Colonel Van Donald Almonte, 94IB commander, said the insurgents’ families have yet …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Negros Occidental lawmaker bucked Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo’s counter-proposal to create another province in Negros before agreeing to the proposed reestablishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR). According to 4th district congresswoman Juliet Marie Ferrer, the rationale behind the NIR bill, which she is also the co-author, …

  The New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Occidental is calling on Isabela Mayor Irene Montilla to also take responsibility over the allegedly stolen estimated P7 million funds from the house of a former municipal treasurer. In a statement released by the NPA’s Leonardo Panaligan Command based in central Negros, they said Montilla still has …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Benitez said the counter-proposal of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo to create a third province in Negros before agreeing to reestablish the Negros Island Region (NIR) would be “unnecessary.” According to Benitez, the Regional Development Councils (RDCs), represented by district representatives, have an equal voice …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental’s Isabela town Mayor Irene Montilla said yesterday they are awaiting the results of the investigation from police and the provincial government over alleged stolen funds from the house of a municipal treasurer last month. In a phone patch interview, Montilla said she talked with the now sacked municipal …